Posts by: WTM Guest Blog

WTM Guest Blog

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021

Why we need a renaissance of travel and tourism worldwide

Arabian Travel Market, Blog, Travel Industry

Everybody is looking forward to leaving the pandemic behind. We all wish for the devastating consequences of the virus to become ancient history so we can all ... Read more

May 13, 2021May 14, 2021

Vaccine Passports Ready to Fly Despite Layers of Complexity

Blog, Travel Industry

Thanks to the pharmaceutical industry’s phenomenal success in developing a vaccine against COVID-19, the travel industry is restarting again. There are reasons to be realistically optimistic for ... Read more

April 29, 2021April 27, 2021

Travel Insurance and COVID-19

Blog, Travel Industry

As the UK’s restrictions on travel are slowly beginning to relax, many people are starting to plan their first trips abroad in over a year. Given the ... Read more

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021

Business Revolution: The rebirth of the Membership Economy and why it is more relevant than ever in the travel industry

Blog, Travel Industry

The shift from ownership to recurring payments is no longer reserved for Amazon Prime, Spotify, or Netflix. Infiltrating all aspects of consumer life, the recurring revenue model ... Read more

April 22, 2021April 22, 2021

Community-led and owned Tourism: How Guyana’s own brand of sustainable destination management is helping indigenous communities thrive

Blog, Destinations

Community-led and owned tourism is an ethos in Guyana that has seen indigenous communities throughout the destination’s hinterland creating, implementing, and managing their own sustainable tourism projects ... Read more

March 22, 2021March 23, 2021

Moving Forward Cautiously to Build Inclusive Smart Destinations

Blog, Destinations, Diversity & Inclusion, Technology

Conversations regarding equity in tourism through topics such as regenerative tourism and racial diversity have led to a greater need to consider inclusivity within our beloved industry. ... Read more

March 9, 2021March 8, 2021

How travellers are using YouTube rather than Google when choosing hotels

Blog, marketing, Social Media

As the second-largest search engine after Google and the second-most used social media platform, YouTube should not be overlooked when thinking about a potential guest’s customer booking ... Read more

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

Timing is everything for travel marketing in 2021

Blog, marketing, Travel Industry

Timing is everything in travel marketing at the moment. Trying to keep a step ahead of restrictions, guidelines and lockdowns, plus matching that with consumer sentiment and ... Read more

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021

2021: How New York is bouncing back post-COVID

Blog, Destinations

Due to the impact of coronavirus, sectors and industries dependent on tourists witnessed declines. With the start of 2021, the question is; how will New York bounce ... Read more

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021

What does business travel look like during a pandemic?

Blog, Travel Industry

Despite lockdowns and border restrictions, some business travel associations have reported a better 2020 than most. They are also experiencing some green shoots for 2021. ... Read more

January 22, 2021January 21, 2021

These are the trends to expect for UK camping holidays in 2021

Blog, Destinations

A brand new report from camping experts Cool Camping has revealed the key trends the industry can expect to see in 2021. ... Read more

December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

This is why people are being encouraged to keep travelling right now

Blog, Travel Industry

Travel specialists The Latin America Travel Company are encouraging would-be holidaymakers to continue travelling right now, where current rules and restrictions allow. ... Read more

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

TravelMole MD Graham McKenzie’s 2020 – Our Annus Horribilis

Blog, Travel Industry

We, as a publisher of news, comment, opinion, and features have also felt the cold wind of travel devastation with little or no income in the last ... Read more

November 11, 2020November 19, 2020

Slovenia’s Guide to the Future of Culinary Tourism – Green Gastronomy

Blog, Destinations

In November 2020, the Slovenian Tourist board will be announcing a series of new initiatives to push for a green change within their country’s food sector and ... Read more

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

The Transformational Power of Tourism

Blog, Destinations

Discover intangible cultural heritage inspired routes and case studies in poverty alleviation through tourism in China ... Read more

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

The threat of zoonotic disease and implications for tourism

Blog

Over 30 million dogs and cats are killed for their meat every year in Asia. FOUR PAWS investigations across Cambodia, Indonesia and Vietnam have exposed immense animal ... Read more

November 6, 2020November 6, 2020

Tourism Recovery Strategy during COVID-19

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

Under the normalization of COVID-19, the tourism industry should aim to do a good job of financial support, smart management, smart marketing, orderly opening, diversifying operations, and ... Read more

November 6, 2020November 9, 2020

Discover the Hidden Gem of the UAE – Ras Al Khaimah

Blog, Destinations

Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority fully understands and shares the concerns of its business partners regarding the COVID-19 outbreak, which has significantly disrupted the global travel ... Read more

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

Costa Rica, recognised by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council for its efforts on sustainability

Blog, Destinations

Costa Rica has been recognised by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) for the continuous efforts in developing and strengthening its sustainable tourism. ... Read more

November 4, 2020November 5, 2020

Time To Be Enlightened – Visit Gibraltar

Blog, Destinations

Visit Gibraltar and discover there is more to experience and unravel than you could ever have imagined. ... Read more

October 28, 2020October 27, 2020

From crowd-free cities to adrenaline-pumping adventure: Poland’s tourism plans for 2021

Blog, Destinations, Travel Industry

From the buzzing capital city of Warsaw, to the winding waterways of ‘The Land of a Thousand Lakes’, Poland is a European destination with a rich variety ... Read more

October 27, 2020October 29, 2020

15 BAME High Fliers in the Travel Industry

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion

Black History Month in the UK is a welcome opportunity to celebrate within our wider communities and highlight current exceptional female talent from a BAME background in ... Read more

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020

Testing Times – Negative is the New Positive

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

In these strange times, negativity is now a positive. People whoop with delight at a negative test result – it means relative freedom, a holiday or just ... Read more

October 23, 2020October 27, 2020

South Korea offering ‘UNTACT’ travel in the era of COVID-19

Blog, Destinations

In an era where concerns about the health risks involved in travel are lodged in the forefront of everyone’s minds, South Korea has come up with a ... Read more

September 30, 2020September 30, 2020

‘Workations’: A new frontier for hybrid tourism

Blog, Travel Industry

A new tourism economy could emerge that focuses on travelling less and staying longer, whilst avoiding overcrowded locations. It’s time for the industry to launch new packages ... Read more

September 24, 2020September 23, 2020

How to be an Ally: 10 useful resources that can help

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion

Many people want to educate themselves more about issues relating to racial discrimination and become better allies. Here are 10 useful resources that can help you on ... Read more

September 3, 2020September 1, 2020

The Resilience of Hospitality: Hotel PR & Marketing in the first COVID-19 phase

Blog, Hospitality, marketing

The return to normalcy for each hospitality brand has been a complicated equation, based primarily on domestic recovery. ... Read more

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020

Join the UK travel industry’s fight to #SaveTravel

Blog, Resilience and Recovery

The #SaveTravel campaign seeks to make the UK government recognise and respond to the unique challenge facing travel companies large and small. ... Read more

August 21, 2020September 3, 2020

How Allyship can foster diversity and inclusion in the travel industry

Blog, Diversity & Inclusion

Allyship matters because once we acknowledge that we have privileges, we need to ensure that we use these privileges to improve the lives of others. ... Read more

October 23, 2019October 25, 2019

My way of being one with nature

Destinations

As a leading sustainable holiday destination, the Slovenian Tourist Board (STB) has long since believed in using tourism as a force for good – raising awareness for ... Read more

October 22, 2019October 22, 2019

Environmental pioneers: A new era of tourism

Blog, Responsible Tourism

By John Pagano, CEO of The Red Sea Development Company We have entered a new age of travel. An age in which technological advancements making travel even ... Read more